A blueberry...

You may remember a maternity session from a while back...

http://primalucephoto.blogspot.com/2011/07/melissa-andre-maternity.html

Well he's here...their little baby boy finally arrived.  He decided to arrive a little earlier than planned and had a rough start...but seeing him now you'd never know!  He is an absolutely gorgeous little boy and so very very tiny!  Andre & Melissa, I hope that your baby boy brings more joy and blessings than you ever thought possible. Thank you for letting me capture these moments for you!!

it was no secret that this baby's name was a secret.  Nobody knew it until he was nearly 3 days old.  So up until that time he was 'blueberry'....baby blueberry....so thus I give you...baby blueberry...

and we end with my favorite of the day...

thanks for checking him out!!

I Heart Faces...WHITE

The challenge this week is something white.  I haven't had a chance to really get any good bride portraits which is what I first thought would be good....but then i knew i would have something with a lot of white...so i decided to enter this one...
I visited a friend in the hospital after she had just had her 3rd baby boy and captured a few pics of the short moments of new baby-dom.  I love the innocence and love in this picture

Be sure and check out the other 'white' submissions this week!

http://www.iheartfaces.com/

Baby H (cutest name ever but you won't know!)

This week I got to go and see another newborn baby!  All of these baby wanting hormones are bound to kick in eventually....
Baby H was nearly 2 weeks old before I got to meet him but he was worth the wait and absolutely adorable.  Him momma and daddy will have their hands full with this little guy.  Thank you for letting me capture your sweet baby boy.  These moments are fleeting so I'm happy to be a part of making them last forever!

we'll start with the pics of the cutest expression on a baby boy!

this expression was hilarious...i had to include it...

on to total sweetness....

he sure does love his momma...wonder why?  ;)

this big beautiful bay window was a dream.  Mr. H seemed to enjoy it (and the space heater) as well

I may or may not have gone a little crazy with the sweet feet photos...

oh umbilical cord stubs!

did i mention how awesome this window was?

this next pic captures this sweet 1st time momma's connection with her baby...so sweet and endearing...

last but not least ...sittin like a boss...

thank you again for letting me into your home and lives!

test subject :)

Baby "I" has become a sort of model/test subject for his mom and I.  Momma is learning the ropes of the dslr camera world so we've been hanging out and what better way to practice than on a newborn baby!?  He has started smiling a little here and there....or gas bubbling but whatever it is it's darn cute!!

one of these days....

one of these days i will actually set up another photo shoot...but until then, the snapshots keep me going.  We had a little pool party today for Xander's continuous bday celebration...

mom cut it out....i'm far too cool for this party...peace out!

1 year?! Where did that go!?

Exactly one year ago today i was probably at one of the most miserable times.  I was 38 weeks pregnant, I was struggling with SVT, It was 95 degrees every day, i was still working part time, and I was about the size of a narwhal...which is 3500 lbs for those who aren't narwhal specialists.  Aren't narwhals fascinating creatures?!  I've never seen one at Seaworld or a zoo or anything, so i thought they were extremely endangered, but no....no they are not.  In fact they aren't even threatened.  Barely even a concern!  So why don't we hear more about them!?  The wikipedia page on them is tiny!  It's like nobody cares!  I care narwhals....i care.
So anyways....my baby will be one year old in four days.  That's crazy!  We had a family get together tonight to celebrate and let him open his gifts in the comforts of home.  We couldn't all get together until around 6:30pm and bedtime is USUALLY 7 so we stayed home.  This little man had the best day and behaved SO well.  We had taken him to the zoo earlier so he had a blast looking at the animals and wandering the zoo...and then he got to open presents, and eat CAKE!  The best pictures of the boy came from cake eating....which was HILARIOUS with this hambone!

we will DEFINITELY be giving this another go with a better photo shoot in the future.  The boy loves his cake!! :)